Gunsmoke
1955
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Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 – 14 July 1990) was an English television and film director and producer. His brother was documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock.
Philip Leacock. Director: Gunsmoke. Philip Leacock was brought up in the Canary Islands and educated at the English boarding school Bedales. He began in the film industry as a camera assistant in 1935.
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
Jul 21, 1990 · Philip Leacock, a film and television director, died on July 14 while on holiday in London with his family. He was 72 years old and lived in Pacific Palisades, Calif. No cause of death was...
Philip Leacock. Director: Gunsmoke. Philip Leacock was brought up in the Canary Islands and educated at the English boarding school Bedales. He began in the film industry as a camera assistant in 1935.
- October 8, 1917
- July 14, 1990
Philip Leacock is known as an Director, Producer, Executive Producer, and Associate Editor. Some of his work includes Murder, She Wrote, Hawaii Five-O, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Dynasty, Fantasy Island, Gunsmoke, The Waltons, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Take a Giant Step is a 1959 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Philip Leacock. The plot concerns a black teenager living in a predominantly white environment and having trouble coping as he reaches an age at which the realities of racism are beginning to affect his life more directly and pointedly than they had in his childhood.
Philip Leacock is a British-born film and TV director who came to international recognition in the 1950s with realistic documentary-style dramas.
